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THE SUN shone on the final of the three Colne Town Council Colne Commemorates events and visitors filled the town throughout the day. Many shops got into the spirit of the event, by dressing their staff in period costume, with the Co-op even staging a traditional...

SATURDAY, 30thJune is the last day to comment on the informal consultation of The Colne Plan.  Colne Town Councillors are urging all residents and visitors to get their comments in. The last two themes have been Community Facilities, with poster boy Steven Burke, and...

Our First Citizens, Cllr and Mrs James Starkie, will be sporting chains of office rarely seen outside their security vaults on Saturday for Colne Commemorates... 1918. Since 1974, the Mayor has worn the Pendle Pendant on the former Colne Borough Council's Victorian...

Colne-based company Unique Clean, Hire and Facilities have been unveiled as the new sponsors of the Youth Race at this year’s Colne Grand Prix. Thousands of cycling fans and local residents will line Colne High Street for the three cycling races which make up the...

COLNE Town Council is making the final preparations for one of the biggest events it has ever staged in the town.  Saturday, 23rd June will be the final big event in the three Colne Commemorates days, which have been staged over four years to commemorate The Great...

THE BIGGEST secret in Lancashire has finally been unfurled today to begin Colne Commemorates… 1918, the denouement of Colne Town Council’s Great War remembrance events.    Backed by The Heritage Lottery Fund, this magnificent installation by artist, Philippe Handford,...

ALL Colne’s Primary Schools are getting involved in the final event of the Town Council’s series on The Great War: Colne Commemorates… 1918, which this year will be held on 23rdJune. Four schools have already received a visit from a WW1 Nurse and Sergeant, both of...

COLNE Town Councillors are urging all residents and visitors to the town to comment on their Draft Colne Plan before the end of the Consultation Period, which ends on 30thJune. The Plan is a pivotal document for the development and protection of the town and its...

Olympic Gold Medallist and Colne-boy, Steven Burke MBE yesterday launched the 2018 Fort Vale Colne Grand Prix, which will serve as the final of event of the HSBC UK National Circuit Series, with support races alongside. Steven joined employees and Directors from Fort...

STANLEY the Dog was the face of The Colne Plan’s Town Centre draft policies.  Now local historian, Geoff Crambie, will take centre stage, as the focus shifts to the draft policies that aim to preserve Colne’s Heritage. Geoff, author of several books on Colne, is shown...

This year we are introducing an additional category for the Allotment Awards. In addition to our usual three categories we are looking for the “Best of Colne” allotment. This category is open to Colne Town Council and private allotment holders provided their plot is...

WHEN Colne Town Councillors, Cllr Ash Sutcliffe and Cllr Sarah Cockburn-Price, litter-picked the periphery of Sainsbury’s Colne Store as part of a Pick Up For Pendle session last year, they began a fruitful partnership with Sainsbury’s management. Cllr Sutcliffe...